Handle



Oct. 23, 1934. w, FINKELSTEIN HANDLE Filed May 5, 1954 R o vw f b e A m m .a W

Patented Oct. 23, 1934 r 1,977,674

UNITED sTAras taieeu rg mee V mie i d t flede bhia a" HADpl ication May: 5, 1934, hi0. 724,033

afolaims. (Q1. 1sc 57 My invention relates to handles, and particu- 'Afillenmem'ber; or a wickle comprising a trilarly relates to handles-used on brief cases, valises angular-shaped piece of paper, or other suitable and -bags. flexible material, is placed'about the link. The

v In my patent application Serial No. 593,286, paperis wound so that the wickle will be strength- 5 filed February 16, 1932, I have disclosed a handle ened, enlarged, and shaped, between its end porhaving a covered reenforcing member placed upon tions, to conform conveniently to the hand. The

a covered core. My present invention is an emwickle or the filler member, functioning as a bodiment of the invention disclosed in my above cushiomis thickest at the middle and tapers gradmentioned patent application together with an ually toward each of its ends. A short separate in improvement thereto. I leather covering 20 may be placed at each end of It is an object of my invention to use a single the core, inorder to cover the ends of the core cover for substantially the entire handle." in the vicinity ofthe eyelets. i V

A further object of my invention is to utilize the 'I'he'bar C, for reenforcing the connecting link reenforcing member to retain the coverslongitu- 10, is preferablyconstructed of metalbut' it may inal edges in r r to prev nt the looseningof be'c'onstructed of leather. The bar has a body the cover. v 1 portion 22 formed like an arch along its longi Another object of my invention isto eliminate tudinal axis and a concave lowerface 24 which the stitching of the cover and to hide are raw lies adjacent the'convex upper portion of the edges of the COV "1 cor-e 13. The reenforcing bar C is widest at its Otherobjects of my invention are to provide longitudinal center and gradually decreases in an improved device of the character described width from the center towards each of its ends of simple and economical construction, that 26, 28. The core, also, tapers in width fromits possesses a maximum amount of serviceability longitudinal center toward each end. Each of and of strength. the ends 26 and 28 of the bar C are curved to '25- With the above and related objects in view, my hook or clinch their respective ends to the core invention consists in the details of construc- B. Although the ends 26 and 28 of thereenforcing tion and combination of parts, that will be fully bar are formed as hooks, they may be dispensed described when the description is read in conwith by using rivets to hold the ends of the renection with the accompanying drawing inwhich: enforcing bar securely in position with respect to 30 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handle emthe core.

bodying my invention. The reenforcing bar C extends across approxi- Figure 2 is a perspective view of the handle with mately half the width of the core and is clinched the reenforcing bar removed therefrom. thereto either by hand or by a special machine.

Figure 3 is a. sectional view showing the cover After the hereinbefore described Operation is comin its early stage of being wrapped about the pleted the handle is ready to be encased within core. an outside cover 30'.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the cover com- The cover 30, of suitable finished flexible mapletely wrapped about the core and the reenforcterial, such as leather, Fabrikoid, morocco, piging bar. skin, etc. is shaped so that when it is fitted about Figure 5 is a sectional View of the reenforcing the core and the reenforcing bar, as hereinafter bar compressed into the top of the core and is 2. described in detail, the handle will be pleasing cross sectional view of Figure 1. in appearance and it, also, will be comfortable Referring now to the drawing I show a plain when grasped. type of handle, generally designated as A, that A longitudinal edge 32 of the cover 30 is inis suitably arched to sustain the strain imposed serted between the top of the core and the lower upon it by virtue of the load carried. The handle face 24 of the reenforcing bar C. The cover is is comprised of a core member, generally desigpulled over the edge 34 and the upper face of nated as B, and a reenforcing member, generally the reenforcing bar. designated as C. The cover is pulled taut adjacent an edge 36 The core member B is comprised of a link 10 of the reenforcing bar, and an instrument having having horizontally extending openings or eyelets tapered side edges is wielded by an operator who 12 and 14 at each end. Each eyelet is adapted to pushes the cover at the portion designated 38 retain a bag attaching member 16, the latter in adjacent the edge 36 of the reenforcing bar. turn is adapted to be connected to the bag, or Thus, the cover fitting the upper face and the the valise, in any suitable manner. edges of the reenforcing bar is taut. The cover is pulled taut from the edge 36, about the exposed periphery of the core, and when the edge 34 of the reenforcing bar is reached, a second longitudinal edge 40 of the cover is pushed under the reenforcing bar, adjacent the edge 34. The longitudinal edges 32, 40 of the cover are, therefore, positioned in overlapping relationship between the top of the core and the lower face 24 of the reenforcing bar.

After the cover 30 is wound about the core B and the reenforcing bar C, as shown in Fig. 4, the

unit is placed into a compressing machine; for' the purpose of forcing the reenforcing bar and the cover into a position as shown in Fig. 5. The

bounding surface of the completed handle, as shown in Fig. 5, is substantially--regular, otherdisturbing to the user. 7

After the cover has been fitted and t "e handle dried, the handle may be unduly bent without the danger of the reenforcing bar failing to return, when re-bent, to its originalshape; The cover, also, will not become loose after the handle has been dried. I If desired the overlapping edges of the cover may be glued together, but I have not found it necessary to use glue since the cover does not become loose.

My invention is also applicable to a post type of handle. A post type of handle is known in the trade to be a handle substantially the shape of an inverted U, wherein theends are substantially perpendicular to the center portion.

Although I have not specifically described a groove extending longitudinally from one end, of my handle to the other end,- as I have described in my copending patent application Serial No. 593,286, it is to be understood that a longitudinally extending groove may be placed on theuppermost portion of the core and my present; invention embodied together with such a core.

It is, also, to be observed that the hereinbefore described invention eliminates all need for stitching the longitudinally extending edges of the cover together which is a prime consideration of my present invention.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting, as the inventionmay be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim: 1.' In a handle, a core comprising a link surrounding by a filler member, a reenforcing memb er on the longitudinal upper portion of the core, "a-cover member having its longitudinal edges I between--thereenforcing member and the core wise, if the reenforcing bar was permitted to extend then protuberances on the handle would be and encircling the core and the reenforcing member, and the longitudinal edges of the cover emerging from beneath the reenforcing member at the lZame longitudinal edge of the reenforcing mem- 12. In a handle, a core comprising a link surrounded by a filler member, a reenforcing memher on the longitudinal upper portion of the core, a unitary cover encasing both the core and the link, and the longitudinal edges of the cover securely held between the lower surface of the reenforcing member andthe upper surface of the core. v

3. Ina handle, a core including a link surrounded by a-filler member, a reenforcing memher on the longitudinal upper surface of the core, a coverhaving its longitudinal edges between the reenforcing member and the core, said cover encasing the core and the reenforcing member, the longitudinal edges of the cover positioned adjacent one of; the longitudinal edges of the reenforcing member, and a portion of said cover in engagement with the reenforcing member at its other longitudinal end.

' WILLIAM FINKELSTEIN. 

